AMERICAN SOCIE1Y OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY NEWS

Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar

The American Society of Echocardiography recognizes courses as a supplement to formal training in an established echocardiographic laboratory. For more information about a course, please call the number listed with the course. To appear in the Continuing Education and Meeting Calendar, the title, sponsor, director, place, and contact telephone number for a course should be sent to ASE, 4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 201, Raleigh, NC 27607.

1991

April 8-12 Echocardiography. Bowman Gray School of Med­icine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Contact: Re­gistrar, Center for Medical Ultrasound. (919)748-4505.

April 9-10 Transesophageal Echocardiography. St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Course Coordinator Susan L. B. Johnson, Department of Internal Medicine, Noninvasive Car­diology. (314)577-8897.

April 11-12 Non-Invasive Cardiology for Clinicians. Echocar­diography and nuclear cardiology. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Associates. Con­tact: University of Rochester, Office of Continuing Professional Education. (716)275-4392.

April 22-24 Update Workshop in Echocardiography. Coro­nary artery disease, stress echocardiography, congen­ital heart disease, transesophageal echocardiography, digital echocardiography, and intraarterial ultraso­nography. Indiana University School of Medicine. Harvey Feigenbaum, MD, Program Director. Con­tact Continuing Medical Education. ( 317)274-8353,

May 1-3 Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly. American College of Cardiology. Buena Vista Palace, Orlando, Florida. Program Directors: Jerome L. Fleg, MD, FACC, and Henry D. Mcintosh, MD, FACC. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-2695.

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May 4-5 Cardiac Specialty Symposium. Lectures in­clude Quantitative 2D Echocardiography, Color Flow Imaging, Transesophageal Echocardiography, Echo/Doppler Evaluation of Mitral Stenosis and Stress Echocardiography. The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. Sheraton Towson Hotel, Towson (Baltimore), Maryland. Contact: SDMS Meetings and Conventions Department. (214)235-7367.

May 13-17 Consultant's Course in Cardiology. American College of Cardiology. Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York. Program Co-directors: Val­entin Fuster, MD, FACC; Richard Godin, MD, FACC; Louis E. Teichholz, MD, FACC; Simon Dack, MD, FACC. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-2695.

May 14-16 Basic Doppler. St. Louis University School of Med­icine, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Course Coor­dinator Susan L. B. Johnson, Department oflnternal Medicine, Noninvasive Cardiology. (314)577-8897.

May 16-17 Introductory Doppler Echocardiography and Color Flow Imaging. Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Suburban Chicago, Illinois. Wil­liam R. Jacobs, MD, Director. (708)216-4227.

May 18-19 Advanced Echo-Doppler. Includes stress echo, transesophageal echo and diastolic function. Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Suburban Chicago, Illinois. William R. Jacobs, MD, Director. (708)216-4227.

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May 20-21 Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease. American College of Cardiology. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Robert H. Jones, Program Director. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-5400, ext. 226.

May 27-29

4th International Symposium on Echocardiog­raphy and Doppler in Cardiac Surgery. Course Directors: Gerald Maurer, MD, and Werner Mohl, MD, PhD. Innsbruck, Austria. Contact Barbara Kruger, INTERCONVENTION, Austria Center Vienna, A-1450 Vienna, Austria. Phone: +43/l/23 69-26 42. FAX: +43/l/23 69-648.

May 31-:fune 2 NSCT/NSPT 1991 Annual Scientific Conference Exhibition. National Society for Cardiovascular Technology and National Society for Pulmonary Technology. Invasive cardiology, noninvasive car­diology and echocardiography. Baltimore, Maryland. (202)371-1267.

June 4-5 Transesophageal Echocardiography. St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Course Coordinator Susan L. B. Johnson, Department of Internal Medicine, Noninvasive Car­diology. (314)577-8897.

June 5·8 Advanced Echocardiography and Doppler Meth­ods; Transesophageal and Stress Echocardiogra­phy. American College of Cardiology. San Diego, California. Program Director: Pravin M. Shah, MD, FACC. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-5400, ext. 226.

June 5-8 Cardiology for the Primary Physician. American College of Cardiology. During the Spoleto Festival USA 1991 in Charleston, South Carolina. Pro­gram Directors: Peter C. Gazes, MD, FACC, and James F. Spann Jr., MD, FACC. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301)897-2695.

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June 6-7 New Frontiers in Vascular Interventions. Ameri­can College of Cardiology. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Program Directors: Frank Litvack, MD, FACC, and Prediman K. Shah, MD, FACC. (800)253-4636. In Maryland, (301) 897-2695.

June 15 CCIINBCVT Credentialing Testing. For registra­tion and site information, call (513)268-0268.

June 17-21 Two· Dimensional Echocardiography and Cardiac Doppler: 7th Annual Core Curriculum and Self­Assessment. American College of Cardiology. Or­lando, Florida. Program Director: Anthony N. DeMaria, MD, FACC. (800)253-4636. In Mary­land, (301)897-5400, ext. 228.

August Echocardiography I and IT-advanced (Doppler). New York University Medical Center. 10 weeks. Trudy· Dubinsky, Program Director, or Kerry Weinberg, Continuing Education Coordinator. New York, New York. (212)340-6644.

August 6-8 Doppler Course. St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Course Co­ordinator Susan L. B. Johnson, Department of In­ternal Medicine, Noninvasive Cardiology. ( 314) 5 77-8897.

August 18-22 XIIIth Congress of the European Society of Car­diology. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For regis­tration: ECCO, Clarastrasse 57, P.O. Box 6, CH-4005 Basel/Switzerland. Telephone (61)691 51 11, FAX (61)691 81 89.

September 10-11 Transesophageal Echocardiography. St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Course Coordinator Susan L. B. Johnson, Department of Internal Medicine, Noninvasive Car­diology. (314)577-8897.

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September 15-18

Second International Symposium: Newest Ad­vances in Cardiovascular Ultrasound. Interna­tional faculty, teleconference to the Americas, live demonstrations and abstract presentations. Mayo Clinic. Rochester, Minnesota. James B. Seward, MD, Director. Contact: Postgraduate Courses, Section of Continuing Education, Mayo Foundation, Roches­ter, Minnesota. (800)323-2688 or (507)284-2509.

September 21

CCIINBCVT Credentialing Testing. For registra­tion and site information, call (513)268-0268.

October 8-10

Doppler Course. St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Course Co­ordinator Susan L. B. Johnson, Department of In­ternal Medicine, Noninvasive Cardiology. (314)577-8897.

October 12-15

Seventh Annual Symposium Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease. Mayo Clinic. Rochester, Minnesota. James B. Seward, MD, Director. Con­tact: Postgraduate Courses, Section of Continuing Education, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, ~inne­sota. (800)323-2688 or (507)284-2509.

November 5-6 Transesophageal Echocardiography. St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Course Coordinator Susan L. B. Johnson, Department of Internal Medicine, Noninvasive Car­diology. (314)577-8897.

December 10-12

Doppler Course. St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Contact: Course Co­ordinator Susan L. B. Johnson, Department of In­ternal Medicine, Noninvasive Cardiology. ( 314) 5 77-8897.

ON-GOING COURSES

Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute. Lori Green, Pro­gram Director. St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. For more information, call (813)345-8174.

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Courses: • Intermediate/ Advanced Cardiac Dopp­

ler/Color Flow. April 18-19; August 20-23. • Introduction to 2D I M -mode Echocardiog­

raphy. May 1-4; June 7-10; December 4-7. • l-Day Introduction to Ultrasound Physics.

June 3; October 7. • Transesophageal/ Stress Echocardiography.

April 20; August 24.

Keith Mauney & Associates, Inc. For more in­formation, call Patricia Aguilar, (214)402-8250. Courses:

• Abdominal Imaging, Hands-On Instruction. April 22-26, Dallas; June 17-21, Dallas.

• Advanced Carotid Duplex Interpretation. May 18-19, Chicago.

• Cardiac Doppler/Introduction to Color Flow, Hands-On Instruction. May 6-9, Dallas.

• Cardiac M-mode/2-D Imaging, Hands-On Instruction. April 29-May 3, Dallas.

• Carotid Duplex Technology, Hands-On In­struction. May 15-17, Chicago.

• Noninvasive Peripheral Vascular Technol­ogy. May 29-31, Dallas.

Technicians and Physicians Workshop in Cardiac Ultrasound. Owen R. Brown, Director. For more information, call (503)244-4854. Courses:

• Basic 2D I M -mode Echocardiography. April 22-May 2, San Francisco; May 6-16, St. Louis; June 3-13, Houston; July 15-25, Baltimore; Au­gust 19-29, Buckhead, Georgia.

• Color Cardiac Doppler. April 15-16, Colum­bus, Ohio; April 29-30, San Francisco; May 13-14, St. Louis; June 10-ll, Houston; July 29-30, Baltimore; August 26-27, Buckhead, Georgia.

• Echocardiography 2D I M -mode (Basic and Level II). April 8-18, Columbus, Ohio.

• Echocardiography 2D I M -mode Level II. April 22-26, San Francisco; May 6-10, St. Louis; June 3-7, Houston; August 19-23, Buckhead, Georgia.

• Introduction to Carotid Ultrasound. April 16-18, Columbus, Ohio; April 30-May 2, San Francisco; May 14-16, St. Louis; June ll-13, Houston; July 30-August 1, Baltimore; Au­gust 27-29, Buckhead, Georgia.

• Standard Cardiac Doppler. April 12-14, Co­lumbus, Ohio; April26-28, San Francisco; May 10-12, St. Louis; June 7-9, Houston; July 26-28, Baltimore; August 23-25, Buckhead, Georgia.

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JRC-DMS-APPROVED SCHOOLS FOR ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TRAINING

Academic Sponsors

Bellevue Community College. Diagnostic Ultra­sound Technology, Health Sciences Division­B243, 3000 Landerholm Circle, SE, Bellevue, W A 98009-6484, Beverly Skinner, RDMS, Director.

Community College of Allegheny County. Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, Boyce Campus, 595 Beatty Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, Lynn Gigan­det, BA, RDMS, Director.

Loma Linda University. Medical Sonography Program, School of Allied Health Professions, Lorna Linda, CA 92350, Marie DeLange, RT, RDMS, Director.

Seattle University. Diagnostic Ultrasound Tech­nology Program, Twelfth and East Columbia, Se­attle, WA 98122, Andrea Skelly, BS, RDMS, Di­rector.

University of Oklahoma. Ultrasound Program, Health Sciences Center, College of Allied Health, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, Jean Lea Spitz, MPH, RDMS, Director.

Weber State College. Diagnostic Medical Sonog­raphy Program, 3750 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, UT 84408, Jane A. VanValkenburg, PhD, Director.

Bergen Community College. Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus NJ 07652-7178, Carole E. Schanel, MEd, RDMS, Director.

Broward Community College. Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, Central Campus-Center of Health Science Education, 3501 S.E. Davie Road, Davie, FL 33314, Sharon Calton, MS, RDMS, Di­rector.

Pitt Community College. Diagnostic Medical So­nography Program, P.O. Drawer 7007, Greenville, NC 27834-4297, Jessica M. Davis, BS, RDMS, Di­rector.

State University ofNew York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn. College of Health Related Professions, Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, 450 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11203, Mimi Berman­Sandier, PhD, RDMS, Director.

Hospital Sponsors

Jackson Memorial Medical Center. Diagnostic Med­ical Sonography Program, 1611 NW 12th Ave., Mi­ami, FL 33136, Joseph Schnetzer, BS, RDMS, Di­rector.

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New York University Medical Center. Diagnos­tic Medical Sonography Program, 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016, Trudy Dubinsky, BS, RDMS, Director.

University ofWisronsinHospital and Clinics. School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53792, John Parks, RT, RDMS, Director.

Proprietary Sponsor

Maryland Institute of Ultrasound Technology, Inc. Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, Lower Level, 2947 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Diana Kawai, BS, RDMS, Director.

CAHEA ACCREDITED PROGRAMS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY

Grossmont College. (Accredited in invasive, non­invasive, and peripheral vascular). 8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020-1799. Rick Kirby, CVT, MA, Director.

Spokane Community College. North 1810 Greene Street, MS 2150, Spokane, WA 99207. Dennis K. Carney, AS, RCVT, Noninvasive Program Director, and J. Wesley Todd, VS, RCVT, Invasive Program Director.

PRECEPTORSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS*

Division of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Educational programs are offered on an ongoing ba­sis and cover varying time periods. Participants may choose from one or more weekly courses, the 5-week series, or the individually customized preceptor pro­grams that last a week or longer. Contact: Education Coordinator, Division of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 7 Main, Phil­adelphia, PA 19107. Telephone: (215)448-8258.

Echocardiography Laboratory, University Hos­pital, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash­ington. Directors: Alan S. Pearlman, MD, and Carolyn L. Janko Gardner, RDMS. Training in Doppler and two-dimensional echocardiography. $600/week. Contact: Carolyn L. Janko Gardner, RDMS, Supervisor, Echo Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, RG-22, University of Washington, Se­attle, WA 98195. Telephone: (206)548-4257.

*Preceptorship Training Program information is published in the JouR:-JAL as a service to members.

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Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Likoff Cardio­vascular Institute, Hahnemann University, Phil­adelphia, Pennsylvania. Director: Gary S. Mintz, MD. "Hands-on" and training in M-mode, two­dimensional, and Doppler echocardiography with a variety of systems for the physician and technologist. $625/week. Contact: John Ross, RCPT, Cardiac Ul­trasound Laboratory, Hahnemann University Hos­pital, 230 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192. Telephone: (215)448-8258.

Non-Invasive Cardiac Laboratory, Tufts Univer­sity, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Bos­ton, Massachusetts. Directors: Natesa G. Pandian, MD, and Marjory Caldeira. "Hands-on" experience, didactics, teaching tapes, and reading sessions in Doppler echocardiography, color Doppler echo­cardiography, and two-dimensional echocardiogra­phy. Exercise echocardiography and contrast echo­cardiography. $500/week for both physicians and technologists. Contact: Natesa G. Pandian, MD, New England Medical Center, Box 32, Boston, MA 02111. Telephone: (617)956-6151.

Cardiovascular Imaging and Training Center, State University ofNew York, Health Science Cen­ter at Syracuse, Syracuse, New York. Directors: George W. Lighty, Jr., MD, PhD, and Christo­pher L. Hare, BS. Training in Doppler and two­dimensional echocardiography. Multiple laboratories and instruments. $500/week. Contact: Christopher L. Hare, BS, Echocardiology Laboratory, Depart­ment of Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center, 750 East Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210. Tele­phone: (315)473-4262.

Echocardiography Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Direc­tors: Joseph Kisslo, MD, and David Adams, RCPT, RDMS. "Hands-on" training in two-dimensional, Doppler, and color flow echocardiography, includ­ing transesophageal and intraoperative images. Two hundred to 250 patients a week. $600/week. Con­tact: Peggy Rudd, Box 3818, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. Telephone: (919)684-6398.

Echocardiography and Non-invasive Hemody­namics Laboratory, University of Rochester Med­ical Center, Rochester, New York. Director: Rich­ard S. Meltzer, MD. Chief sonographer and admin-

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istrator: Mark N. Allen, BA, BS, RDCS. Training in M-mode, two-dimensional, conventional, and color flow Doppler, transesophageal and stress echocardiography. Preceptorships individualized to suit particular training needs. Multiple types of equipment. Didactic sessions, extensive teaching tapes, and text library available. Cost: $100 I day or $400/week, Monday-Friday. Contact: Mark N. Allen, Cardiology, Box 679, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642. (716)275-8218.

Echocardiography Laboratory, Temple Univer­sity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Director: John P. Panidis, MD. "Hands-on" experience and training in two-dimensional, Doppler, and color flow echocar­diography. Individualized program to suit particular training needs. $500/week for physicians and tech­nologists. Contact: Ray Gonzales, Non-invasive Car­diac Laboratory, Temple University Hospital, Broad and Tioga Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19140. Tele­phone: (215)221-7096.

University of Alabama School of Medicine and DAB Division of Continuing Medical Education, Birmingham, Alabama. Director: Navin C. Nanda, MD. Faculty: Navin C. Nanda, MD, Frederick Helmcke, MD, Pohoey Fan, Sally Moos. Preceptor­ship Training Programs in Color Doppler, Conven­tional Doppler, 2D and Transesophageal echocar­diography. Emphasizes latest theory, technique, and practice, including transesophageal echocardiogra­phy with particular emphasis on Doppler color flow mapping in normal and pathological states. Monday­Friday. $500/week. Contact: Preceptorship Pro­gram, UAB Heart Station SWB/S102, Birming­ham, AL 35294. (205)934-2300 or (205)934-8256.

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts. Directors: Linda A. Pape, MD, and Andrea M. Sweeney, BS, RDCS. For car­diac sonographers. Adult and pediatric echocardi­ography. Didactic lectures, case reviews, interpretive sessions, clinical pathologic observation, continuous wave and color flow imaging, contrast echocardi­ography, and transesophageal echocardiography; ex­tensive video tape library. $100/day, $500/week. Contact: Andrea Sweeney, U-Mass Medical Cen­ter, 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester, MA 01605. (508)856-3465.

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Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory, Uni­versity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Directors: Roberta G. Williams, MD, Yasser Al Khatib, MD, and Ah-Lin Wong, RDMS. State-of-the-art in pediatric echocardiography. B­mode color, hands-on, one-on-one didactics in a stimulating atmosphere. Segmental approach to most complex congenital heart disease. $500/week. Con­tact: Ah-Lin Wong, Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory, Division of Cardiodiagnostics, Rm. B2-337, MDCC, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1752. Telephone: (213)825-8953 or (213)206-4129.

St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. M-mode, two-dimensional, color flow and conventional Doppler echocardiography. Sessions range from three days to one week. Accept beginners through advanced students who want to learn or perfect current techniques. Prices vary. Contact: Kathleen Habermehl, St. Louis University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 15250, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-0250. Telephone: (314)577-8897.

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